Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers, typically drafts of articles, book chapters, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by…
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William and Lois Matthews Samuel Pepys Lecture by Carla Pestana
Published: July 22, 2024Striving for Expertise Guest Speaker: Carla Pestana (UCLA) Scholars often refer to Samuel Pepys as an early example of a state bureaucrat, his career as a civil servant in the…
Read More(New Date) Hammer Art History Lecture by Shawon Kinew, “St. Paul Among the Snakes: A Maltese Artist Goes Home, c. 1660”
Published: June 7, 2024Abstract: At the end of the 1650s, Melchiorre Cafà, a Maltese sculptor, was newly established in Rome. Rome was the most significant site for sculptural production in Europe at that…
Read MoreRichard & Mary Rouse History of the Book Lecture by Kristina Richardson
Published: June 7, 2024“Between Two Worlds: The Roma and Early Global Print Cultures” Guest Speaker: Kristina Richardson (University of Virginia) Richardson will show that Roma and other traveling people not only utilized block…
Read MoreCMRS Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty
Published: October 14, 2020CMRS hosts a monthly medieval and Renaissance reading group for graduate students and faculty. CMRS-affiliated graduate students and faculty propose and share an article or a book particularly important for…
Read MoreCMRS Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty
Published: October 14, 2020CMRS hosts a monthly medieval and Renaissance reading group for graduate students and faculty. CMRS-affiliated graduate students and faculty propose and share an article or a book particularly important for…
Read MoreCalifornia Medieval History Seminar, Spring 2021
Published: September 9, 2020The seminar meets to discuss four pre-distributed research papers Participants are scholars in the field at various stages of their careers. All attendees at the seminar are expected to read…
Read MoreCalifornia Medieval History Seminar, Winter 2021
Published: September 9, 2020The Winter 2021 session of the California Medieval History Seminar will take place online instead of at its usual venue, the Huntington Library. The seminar meets to discuss four pre-distributed…
Read MoreAugustine’s Divjak Letters 10* and 24*: Slavery, Captivity, Status and Original Sin
Published: September 8, 2020Susanna Elm, Sidney H. Ehrman Professor of European History, UC Berkeley This presentation is part of the CMRS-sponsored Fall 2020 LAMAR Seminar: “The Late Antique World: Transitions and Transformations Between…
Read MoreEarly Christian Storyworlds
Published: September 8, 2020C. Michael Chin, Associate Professor of Classics, UC Davis This presentation is part of the CMRS-sponsored Fall 2020 LAMAR Seminar: “The Late Antique World: Transitions and Transformations Between Classical and…
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